Learning objective
- To understand and recognise what are cognates and near cognates.
Success criteria
- I can use French shape, size and colour
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Engage
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Cross-curricular links
Art and design
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Use coloured shapes of different sizes from the Activity: Coloured shapes (as used in Lessons 2 and 3) for this exercise. Hold up a large red triangle and ask: C’est un petit cercle bleu ? – Is it a little blue circle? Model the response: Non! C’est un grand triangle rouge. – No! It’s a…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Can focus on asking for just the shapes at first, then, as they become more confident, can build up to using adjectives of colour and/or size.
Pupils working at greater depth
Challenge these children to ask for a shape using both size and colour adjectives and to ask for more than one shape at a time. They can also be challenged to create longer sentences by using the connective et – and, for example je voudrais un petit cercle rouge et un grand triangle bleu.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising cognates, finding the shapes that
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Vocabulary and translations
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qu’est-ce que c’est ?
what is it?
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c’est un ...
it's a…
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In this unit
Assessment - French Y3: French adjectives of colour, size and shape
Lesson 1: Colours in French
Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French
Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French
Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse
Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse